Americans expect their tax dollars to be spent wisely. For decades, Washington bureaucrats have funneled money into questionable projects with little oversight or accountability.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is changing that. Led by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, this new agency is systematically reviewing federal spending with a fine-tooth comb. And guess what? The swamp is deeper than we thought.
What they’ve uncovered is shocking even to those familiar with government waste.
In a late-night announcement, DOGE revealed the cancellation of several National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants that left many Americans scratching their heads. Most notably: $620,000 for “an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys.”
I’ll give you a moment to re-read that.
This wasn’t the only questionable spending. The NIH was also directing $699,000 to study cannabis use in “sexual minority gender diverse individuals” and $740,000 to examine “social networks” among “black and Latino sexual minority men in New Jersey.”
Your tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen.
Additional terminated grants included $50,000 for assessing “sexual health” among “LGTBQ+ Latinx youth in an agricultural community” and $75,000 for researching “structural racism.”
Millions in Taxpayer Dollars Recovered
The latest round of cancellations follows a pattern. Just last week, DOGE announced the termination of seven grants for transgender experiments on animals.
One grant worth $532,000 was being used to “investigate the effects of cross-sex testosterone treatment” in mice. Another $33,000 grant funded “feminizing hormone therapy in the male rat.” Because apparently, gender-confused rodents were a national priority.
President Donald Trump highlighted these discoveries during his recent joint address to Congress. He specifically mentioned “$8 million for making mice transgender” as an example of the wasteful spending his administration is eliminating.
The systematic review of government spending represents a dramatic shift from previous administrations. While past presidents talked about eliminating waste, the Trump administration is taking concrete action.
Pattern of Wasteful Spending Exposed
The NIH, which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services, has an annual budget of over $40 billion. For years, critics have questioned whether all that money was being spent effectively.
Now we have clear evidence it wasn’t. Does anyone seriously believe these studies were worth millions of taxpayer dollars?
The cancelled grants reveal a troubling pattern of ideologically-driven research that often defies common sense. The very concept of “pregnancy prevention for transgender boys” highlights the contradiction – if these individuals are biological females identifying as male, the focus on pregnancy prevention acknowledges the biological reality they seek to deny.
Such programs not only waste taxpayer dollars but promote confusion about basic biological facts.
Putting America First: The Real Impact
While progressive activists will likely criticize these cancellations, the numbers speak for themselves. The NIH grants terminated in just the past two weeks amount to over $3 million in savings.
If this level of waste exists in just one government agency, imagine what might be found throughout the federal bureaucracy.
The DOGE initiative represents more than just cost-cutting. It signals a return to common sense governance where taxpayer money is respected rather than treated as an endless resource for social experimentation.
Americans work hard for their money. They deserve a government that spends it responsibly on genuine national priorities rather than ideological pet projects. What a refreshing change from the previous administration’s spending spree.
As DOGE continues its work, Americans can expect more revelations about how their money has been misspent – and more action to redirect those resources toward genuine national priorities.
Sources: Breitbart
